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British police probing 33 botched criminal cases

Xinhua,May 09, 2018 Adjust font size:

LONDON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The British police said Tuesday they are looking into a total of 33 criminal cases after a forensic scientist botched examinations.

The cases, including 21 sex attacks, are being reviewed after Scotland Yard admitted that a member of staff from its Forensic Services "allegedly failed to carry out tests and lied" to investigators about the progress.

These inquiries, between 2012 and 2017, include 21 rapes and sexual assaults and 12 violent and drug-related crimes and burglaries.

Police said an internal review is still under way.

The work of the scientist, whose name was not given, was suspended in March and has been audited.

According to police, all victims in the affected cases have been contacted.

British media said the review came amid a national crisis in forensic services following the closure of the publicly owned Forensic Science Service in 2012. Enditem

 

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